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Computer science student Melanie Couillard stayed busy at RIT in academics, club leadership, and performing arts, and is now on to a new career in IT at the New York State Department of Health.

Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival on Saturday features more than 450 exhibits, including electric vehicles, AI robots, and assistive technology.

Real-world financial management experience is what gives RIT students a leg up when it comes to investing in stocks, handling portfolios, and working with clients.

Benjamin Brundage, a fourth-year computer science student, made front-page news for helping take down one of the most powerful cyberweapons ever assembled. And he’s been running his own startup at the same time.

Bob Kalka ’89 and his wife, Kelly Porter Kalka ’88, have made a donation to support RIT’s new Performing Arts Center, naming the theater’s follow spot room.

The Wall Street Journal writes about RIT computer science student Benjamin Brundage, who helped uncover the Kimwolf botnet that had internet experts baffled. (This content may require a subscription to view.)

A new cohort of faculty researchers is representing how the university continues to grow its research ecosystem. RIT offers a robust suite of proposal-development workshops and seed-funding programs that help researchers generate preliminary results and strengthen future proposals.

RIT now offers a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence. The interdisciplinary undergraduate program blends core programming and algorithmic principles with the chance for specialized study in areas like agentic AI and robotics.

Computer science major Emma Schmitt took a required co-op seminar class to help prepare for the internship search and what do to on the job, helping her land co-ops at Honeywell/LenelS2 and Microsoft.

Muhammad Rafikov, a second-year computer science student, is heading to the Spring University-Wide Career Fair on the lookout for his second co-op. During this search, he plans to bring along everything he learned from his first internship last summer at Google.

Through Into the ROC, a program that introduced nearly 8,500 RIT community members to the region since 2016, students have explored, volunteered, and built lasting community ties.

RIT is teaming up with Gallaudet University to prepare the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners who will develop AI for everyone.